Today is #NationalDessertDay so we thought we'd write a bonus National Cruise Month post featuring some of our favorite desserts from over 30 years of cruising.Every Wednesday you can join us on Twitter for a fun hour of talk about Food & Travel. One of the favorites that come up every week it seems is "Chocolate".
Norwegian Cruise Line is known for their Freestyle Dining which allows you to dine any time you want (within some boundaries) and at any venue on the ship.
Another thing they are known for is their Chocolate Buffet. The image here shows some of the creative treats that the crew prepared for us on one of our recent NCL cruises. Next time you are on Norwegian, be sure to find out when that buffet occurs and at least take some pictures. Read More...
Princess Cruises
& Norman Love
Do you Love Chocolate? If so, you need to sail on Princess Cruises while Chocolate JourneysSM desserts are still being featured.
Creations by Norman Love
When we sailed on Regal Princess for our conference in November 2014, Princess Cruises introduced Chocolate JourneysSM for their 50th Anniversary.
On our most recent Princess Cruise, Crown Princess 14 Day South America - Cape Horn, we were happy to see these chocolate masterpieces are still being served on formal nights in the main dining room. Read More...
Flaming Desserts
Perhaps the last thing you'd expect on a cruise ship is open flames in the dining room. Bananas Foster is one of the most popular desserts on a cruise vacation. It is often featured on formal night.
In this photo, the chef has prepared the flaming dessert right in the dining room of AMA Amalegro. For those that aren't familiar with AMA, they are one of the luxury river cruise lines sailing the rivers of Europe and other destinations.
Baked Alaska is often presented flaming by waiters marching through the dining room in a parade accompanied by music and fanfare. Once again, this may be the feature on one of the formal nights.
These are just a few examples which have remained fresh in our minds over the years. One experience on Celebrity Cruises was just as memorable as these flaming desserts.
We asked for pineapple sherbet one night, thinking that was the selection our waiter had suggested. It turned out it wasn't the flavor of the day. We thought we'd kid with him the next night and asked for it again. Of course he once again offered some other flavor. On the third night, he took vanilla ice cream and fresh pineapple and served us "pineapple sherbet". We hope you have some memorable dessert stories to tell from your cruises in the past, or for those that are ahead.
National Plan A Cruise Month Promotions
Cruise lines are offering special promotions and pricing on popular cruises to encourage consumers to plan their next cruise vacation now. We'll be featuring promotions on our website and social media.
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